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Seyfort, B.; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1980
Analysis of performance data of American Indian children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) confirms prior results regarding the verbal and perceptual motor skills of that population. Because so many items did not contribute significantly to the total test variance, clinicians should interpret test results with caution.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Elementary School Students, Intelligence Tests, Psychological Evaluation
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Mullane, Jennifer; McKelvie, Stuart J. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2001
Canadian postsecondary students (n=133) with moderate second-language competence took the Wonderlic Personnel Test with or without the standard time limit in English or French. Findings suggest that time accommodation can be applied to clients who are taking an intelligence test in their second language. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, English, Foreign Countries, French
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Vernon, Philip A.; Strudensky, Steven – Intelligence, 1988
The performance of 136 college students at the University of Western Ontario (Canada) on various parameters of two well-known puzzles was compared with performance on a measure of general intelligence and the Hidden Figures Test. An interpretation of the results is provided by Sternberg's experimental subtheory of intelligence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Macdonald, H. A.; Netherton, A. H. – J Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary School Students
MacArthur, R.S. – 1962
The study assessed the general intellectual ability of Indian and Metis pupils of the Northwest Territory (N.W.T.), Canada. While minimizing cultural bias, an attempt was made to identify economical tests for this cultural group which would demonstrate (1) minimal loading on verbal and other culture-bound factors, (2) moderate relationship to…
Descriptors: Ability, American Indians, Cultural Influences, Group Testing
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Helmes, Edward – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
Canadian undergraduate students were administered the British general ability test, AH2, along with a multiple-choice vocabulary test and the Standard Progressive Matrices, a nonverbal ability test. Scores were compared with British norms and intercorrelated with those of the other two tests. Correlations with the other ability tests were low.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Testing, Concurrent Validity, Foreign Countries
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Cummins, James P.; Das, J. P. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Wide Range Achievement Test arithmetic scores related to Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised freedom from distractibility and perceptual organization scores as well as simultaneous processing. Educable mentally retarded childrens' reading problems may relate to failure to apply verbal intellectual abilities to academic tasks. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
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Vernon, Philip A.; Kantor, Lida – Intelligence, 1986
To assess the effects of timed/untimed testing conditions on intelligence scores, high school students were assigned to an intelligence test under either conditions and subsequently to a battery of eight reaction time tests. Results showed that subjects scores were related to the speed with which they processed information. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Correlation, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Intelligence Quotient
Jones, James A. – 2003
The Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS) instrument was developed to measure eight constructs of intelligence. The 119-item MIDAS provides scores for 26 subscales in addition to the 8 major scales. Using the 26 subscales, a factor structure was developed on half of a U.S. sample of college students (n=834), while the…
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Factor Analysis
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Bereiter, Carl; Scardamalia, Marlene – Intelligence, 1979
Raven's Progressive Matrices test items were analyzed for M demand (Pascual-Leone's developmental construct). Data on second- and third-grade subjects were analyzed for extent of absolute agreement of Raven and Figural Intersection Test (FIT) scores. Raw scores on the Raven could be deduced on the basis of FIT performance. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Foreign Countries
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Cody, M. Schelle; Prieto, Loreto R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2000
Provides information on how intelligence testing courses are currently taught in a sample of American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited clinical and school psychology programs from across the United States and Canada. Discusses limitations of the study and teaching strategies to improve students' test administration skills. (CMK)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Content, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
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Williams, Trevor H. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1975
Wechsler intelligence scales are used to investigate the areas of factor structure, age and sex differences in regard to parent and child resemblance in ability. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Children, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence Tests
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Darou, Wes G. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1992
Focuses on problems with using intelligence testing with Native American clients. Presents several anecdotes from vocational counselor training program with Cree and Ojibwa students, including two Native elders, to demonstrate the validity problems and certain problems with the administration of intelligence tests in general. Recommends that such…
Descriptors: American Indians, Counselor Training, Counselors, Culture Fair Tests
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Fischer, Donald G.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
The empirical validity of Ertl's brain wave analyzer was investigated by the known contrasted groups method. Thirty-two academically talented and 16 academically handicapped were compared on four Primary Mental Abilities tests, two Sequential Tests of Educational Progress measures, and seven Brain Wave Analyzer measures. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Tests, Biomedical Equipment, Foreign Countries
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Gauthier, Yvon – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1993
Twenty-four French-speaking students in a northeast Ontario (Canada) elementary school were administered an intelligence test in grades three, five, and eight. Significant differences among the three testings raise concerns about the practice of intelligence testing among cultural minority populations. Such tests should not be administered to all…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, French Canadians
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